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(A) The owner or keeper of an animal shall be responsible for the disposal of such animal’s remains upon its death, from whatever cause, and regardless of the location of the remains of such animals.
(B) Animals remains shall be disposed of:
(1) By burial beneath at least 18 inches of compacted soil on the property of the animal’s owner or keeper or any other location with the express permission of the owner of the property;
(2) By or through the county animal pound;
(3) By or through a licensed veterinarian; or
(4) By action of the police department.
(C) The police department may issue a written notice to any owner or keeper who has failed to properly dispose of the remains of an animal as prescribed herein. Such person shall have 24 hours from receipt of such notice to properly dispose of such remains. The notice shall be served on the violator personally or by leaving such notice at this usual place of abode with some person of the family, of the age of 13 years or upwards, and informing that person of the contents thereof.
(D) The village may dispose of any animal’s remains without notice to the owner or keeper when:
(1) Such remains are located on a public roadway;
(2) The remains are located on the property of a person other than the owner or keeper; or
(3) Service of a notice on the owner or keeper is refused or not readily possible within a short time;
(E) In any case where a disposal notice is required, in accordance with division (C) above, on failure of a person served a notice to properly dispose of such remains within the time allowed, the remains may be disposed of by employees of the village, and all costs of such removal shall be paid by the owner or keeper of the dead animal to the village.
(F) A minimum charge of $50 for each hour or part of an hour spent by police officers or other village employees in disposing of the remains shall be levied against the owner or keeper when the village disposes of the remains. The village may institute legal proceedings to collect any amount owing by the owner or keeper, provided that such suit is filed within two years of the issuance of the notice or disposal of the remains if no notice is required.
(Ord. 05-31, passed 7-26-05) Penalty, see § 90.99
(A) Any animal discovered injured on a public way shall be impounded or picked up by the county animal control personnel at the direction of a police officer and processed in accordance with the procedures of the county pound.
(B) When a domestic animal is discovered dead on a public way, the police officer on duty shall attempt to ascertain its owner and shall request that the owner dispose of the remains. If a wild animal is discovered dead on the public way, or the officer cannot ascertain the owner of a dead domestic animal, the officer shall notify the Street Department of the animal, and the Street Department shall dispose of the remains.
(Ord. 05-31, passed 7-26-05)
No person shall, in any way, interfere with any person who is known to such person to be or who identifies himself to be and is, in fact, a village or county employee or other officer enforcing the provisions of this chapter or engaged in catching or impounding any animal under the authority of this chapter.
(Ord. 05-31, passed 7-26-05) Penalty, see § 90.99
(A) It shall be the duty of police officers to request the county animal control personnel to take up and impound in the county animal pound any animal found at large or any dog found in the village without inoculation tags contrary to any of the provisions of this chapter or statutes of the state.
(B) Police officers and county animal control personnel are authorized to go on private property in order to enforce this chapter or to take up any animal which is believed to be at large or take up any dog found without required inoculation tags; however, such persons may not enter a private dwelling house for this purpose without a valid warrant or the consent of the occupant. Nor shall such persons remove an animal believed to be at large without reasonably attempting to ascertain whether the property on which the animal is found is owned by the owner or the authorized keeper of the animal.
(Ord. 05-31, passed 7-26-05)
(A) Any dog, whether under restraint or not, which shall have bitten or otherwise injured any persons so as to cause an abrasion of the skin shall be immediately taken by the police department or county animal control personnel, impounded at the county pound, and kept separated from other animals for 10 days. The Chief of Police and county animal control personnel may reduce such period of confinement. The victim of such bite shall notify the police department of the bite within 24 hours. If during that period such animal develops symptoms of illness, a veterinarian shall diagnose its condition. If the symptoms disclose or are such as to indicate the presence of rabies, the animal shall be destroyed in such manner, however, as to preserve intact the head, which shall be detached and immediately sent to the diagnostic laboratory of the Department of Agriculture. In case the animal cannot be safely taken up and impounded, it may be killed, care being taken to preserve the head intact, which shall be detached and immediately delivered to the diagnostic laboratory of the Department of Agriculture.
(B) If at the expiration of the period of 10 days, no symptoms of rabies have developed in such animal so impounded, the same may be redeemed by the owner or keeper on payment of the redemption fees and charges specified by this code.
(C) After having been notified that his or her animal has bitten or otherwise injured any person, the owner or keeper thereof shall not, under any circumstances, permit such animal to be outside of his or her premises, except on a leash with a responsible adult until the procedures prescribed in divisions (A) and (B) of this section have been completed. An owner who has knowledge that his or her animal has bitten or otherwise injured any person and knows that the police department or county animal control center is investigating a claim shall not under any circumstances trade, sell, or give away the animal until such investigation is complete.
(Ord. 05-31, passed 7-26-05) Penalty, see § 90.99
The police department shall make best efforts to notify the owners or keepers of animals impounded pursuant to this chapter, if known to them, of the fact of impoundment and the procedures for redemption of the impounded animal. Such notification shall be independent of any citation for ordinance violation but may be served together with a citation for ordinance violation. Notice shall be sufficient if substantially in the form attached to this chapter as Appendix A. Notice shall be given within 24 hours of impoundment, either by personal service, or if the owner is not at home when service is made, by taping the notice to the front door of the residence of the owner, if known.
(Ord. 05-31, passed 7-26-05)
(A) An animal impounded under the provisions of this chapter, except an animal that may have bitten any person, shall, unless sooner redeemed, be held until it may be disposed of pursuant to § 90.27 in order to afford opportunity to the owner or keeper thereof to redeem the same. Any owner or keeper desiring to redeem an impounded animal shall pay an impounding fee of $50 per animal payable to the county animal control center in the form of cash, cashier’s check, or money order in addition to the fees set forth in division (B) of this section. Prior to disposition, animals shall be held for a minimum of three calendar days, if the owner is not known, and for a minimum of seven calendar days, if the owner is known, in order to give the owner an opportunity to redeem the animal. Animals which have bitten persons are subject to an impoundment of at least 10 days in the county pound.
(B) Pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement with the village, the county will remit the impounding fee to the village. Any owner or keeper desiring to redeem an impounded animal shall, as a condition of release:
(1) Show proof of inoculation or pay the requisite deposit as set forth in division (D); and
(2) Pay to the county animal control officer, or reimburse the village, for all fees charged by the county pound or to be charged by the county pound for responding to any and all calls with respect to the animal, picking up the animal, and boarding the animal. The county animal control’s hourly charges and boarding fees for impounded animals are established by the county and are outside the village’s control.
(C) If the animal is in the county pound, it may be released only upon the owner’s showing of proof of inoculation, or by payment by the owner of the county pound’s charges for inoculation. If the owner cannot show proof of inoculation, then in addition to all other charges, the owner shall pay the county animal control the amount of money required for inoculation, which fee is established by the county.
(D) The owner of an impounded animal shall pay the county animal control center directly for all impoundment fees, costs, and services rendered. In the event that the village is billed for the fees, costs, and services rendered, the village will be entitled to collect costs from the owner in the amount of $80 per hour for each call, with a minimum one hour charge and boarding fees for impounded animals of $10 per day.
(Ord. 05-31, passed 7-26-05)
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